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Out of the Shaw Brothers vaults comes My Darling Genie, an amiable early-eighties comedy starring the enchanting Cherie Chung. Derek Yee is Cheng, a brusque construction worker who discovers a magical umbrella on a routine dig. When the umbrella is opened and sprinkled with water, a 200 year-old genie arrives to grant the owner's wishes. As if that weren't enough, this genie happens to look like Cherie Chung! Cheng has been given a virtual ticket to Heaven, but he's more annoyed than grateful, and uses the Genie to perform mostly menial tasks.
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Cherie Chung Cho-hung
Qing, the Genie
Derek Yee Tung-Sing
Cheng
Stanley Fung Shui-fan
Uncle Fan
James Yi Lui
Lin Guo Ren
Liu Lai-Ling
Zhu
Alan Chan Kwok-kuen
Ren's asst
To Siu-ning
Ren's asst / Ming
Charlie Cho Cha-lee
Rich gambler
Elvis Tsui Kam-kong
Ren's thug
Gam Biu
David Lam Wai
Chu Tit-wo
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